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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 5, 1941.
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MOPPING UP IN SOMALILAND
Forces Advance 170 Miles Beyond Capital Moving Towards Abyssinian Border
THE BRITISH MAIN ADVANCE IS PRO- GRESSING SATISFACTORILY IN ITALIAN SOMALILAND, STATED AN OFFICIAL COM- MUNIQUE ISSUED IN CAIRO YESTERDAY.
The communique continues by saying that subsidiary operations are continuing to- wards the south-east frontier of Abyssinia where, on March 1, a further 1,000 prisoners were taken.
Iscia Baidoa and Bulmo Buti, the cap- ture of which was officially announced in Nairobi earlier, are both about 170 miles north-west and due north, respectively, of Mogadiscio.
Large stocks of arms, petrol, foodstuffs and stores of all kinds continue to be discovered and it will take considerable time to as- sess the amount of captured ma- 14%, terial.
Total number of prisoners captured is now approaching
10,000, declares a Nairobi com- munique.
These captures, the communique says, and the destruction of enemy formationN DIN
give the he
the Italians
land has been
cuated.
the River Juba,
to the statement by that Italian Soma i-
voluntarily eva
Our Casualties
GEN. SMUTS
ARRIVES
IN NAIROBI
General Smuts, the South African Premier, arrived in Nairobi, yester- day.
General Smuts was met by Li- Our casualties since the begin- Gen. Alan Cunningham, G.O.C.
GERMANY'S
ATTITUDE TO GREECE
An official state- ment regarding Ger- many's attitude to- wards Greece was handed to foreign journalists in Berlin yesterday.
It stoted: "Now, as hitherto, diplomatic relations exist be- tween Berlin and Athens but general relations between the two countries can hardly be described as good, since Greece has harnessed herself to British interests." -Reuter.
N.Z. HOME
ning of this offensive in the whole Italian Somaliland front, brother DEFENCE
of East Africa, from Feb. 12 to of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunning- Feb. 27, are 50 killed, 146 wound-ham, and by the Governor of ed and two missing.
Meanwhlic, with the surran der of Kutra Oasis, in southern Libya, yet another holy place has been freed from the Italian invader.
Kenya.
General Smuts was accompanied by General Sir P. van Ryneveld. the Union's Chief of Staff, with whom he attended a conference at Government House Immediately
To complete the operations re-after his arrival.-Reuter. sulting in capture of the oasis, a party of Free French forces marched 500 miles from their de- sert base.
How To Dispose ? Contact was originally made with the Italian garrison early in February, and on one occasion an enemy attack was heavily pulsed.
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The military spokesman Cairo told Reuler yesterday: "The only two oases. Kufra and Gera- buc. which might conceivably threaten the Allies, have been put out of action.
"Immediate problem is how to dlapose of the thousand prison. ers captured and they will nos sibly be disarmed and left at
Kufra,"
The Free French authorities have no information about the final assault on Kufra but admit it was taken against vastly Su- perior numbers.-Reuter.
FALSE
WEATHER REPORT
HOME
INCLUDING THE GUARD AND MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN TRAINING, NEW ZEALAND SHOULD HAVE CONSIDER- ABLY MORE THAN 100,000 MEN AVAILABLE TO DEFEND HER SHORES IN A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, STATED THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. PETER FRASER, IN A SPEECH IN WEL- LINGTON YESTERDAY.
The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone maintains its intensity, and is moving eastward: Well over 30,000 New Zealand- it now extends from Manchuria |ers, he added, were serving over- Japan, pressure being seas in the three Services and a to south highest over Korea.
large proportion of New Zealand's
A depression is situated to the adult population was actively en- | north-east of Hokkaido, and pres-gaged in national war service in sure is falling over North China. Ione form or another.-Reuter.
PLACED UNDER
BRITISH MILITARY JURISDICTION
· LT.-GEN, CUNNINGHAM, G.O.C., British forces
PRETENCES in East Africa, yesterday issued a formal proclama-
tion covering the government of the occupied ter- CHARGED WITH OBTAINritories.
ING $70 BY FALSE PRETENCES FROM CHOI CHUN-CHUEN,
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These territories include all those "formerly MASTER OF A WOLFRAM ruled, claimed or occupied by the Italian Govern- SHOP, LIN KWONG, 225, ment in Ethiopia and Somaliland.” These have been TRAVELLING TRADER, AND placed under military jurisdiction. LUI PULSANG. 40, WERE
SENTENCED
TO FOUR
RESULT OF RUMANIA PLEBISCITE
MONTHS' HARD LABOUR AND In the course of the proclama RECOMMENDED FOR BANISH- tion, LtGen. Cunningham warns that actions against the public “MENT BY H. C. MACNAMARA:
AT KOWLOON THIS MORNING. peace or the British forces will
be punishable by death Det Sgt J. Johnston'said that'
lesser penalties. accused, with others not in cus- tody, approached complainant on February 28 with a letter pur- porting to have been written by customer in Chinese territory. "The letter requested him to ad
vance $70 to accused and the "So long as the inhabitants re-policy (says a German Wireless others.
main peaceable and comply with message). was as follows:- After the money was paid; com~| my orders they will be subjected plainant noticed that the chop on to no^more interference than I the letter did not correspond with "consider essential to the perform- the chop which had been regular | ance of my duties. And they ly used by the customer,
need have no fear.” Reuter.
or by
It conclud@s! ^a^A}} existing laws; customs, rights and pro- parties in the said territory will It was officially announced in be fully respected—"Insofar as Bucharest yesterday”, Umr and they are congistent with the lapal result of the Rumanian ple- biscite on General Antonescu's
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